Illegal actions of subjects of labor law violating the principles of law (abuse of labor law)
- Authors: Voronov I.Y.1
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Affiliations:
- Russian State University of Justice
- Issue: No 4 (2023)
- Pages: 31-41
- Section: LABOUR LAW. SOCIAL SECURITY LAW
- Submitted: 24.01.2026
- Accepted: 24.01.2026
- Published: 03.04.2023
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2072-909X/article/view/375579
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.37399/issn2072-909X.2023.4.31-41
- ID: 375579
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Abstract
The article analyzes the illegal actions of subjects of labor law that violate the principles of law and the principles of labor law, which in the science of labor law is traditionally qualified as abuse of law and labor law. The analysis of scientific points of view and judicial acts, which use the concept of “abuse of law” and criticize scientific approaches based on legal positivism, as well as on the scientific discussion concept of integrative legal understanding. The author’s conclusions and proposals are formulated from the position of the scientifically grounded concept of integrative legal understanding. In particular, it is concluded that “abuse of law” is a social regulator of relations and a moral category, and the task of the law enforcement body is to analyze the actions of subjects of labor law that have legal significance and are associated with a special type of offense – violation of the principles of law and principles of labor law.
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About the authors
Igor’ Yu. Voronov
Russian State University of Justice
Author for correspondence.
Email: trudpravo@rsuj.ru
Candidate of Science (Law), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department
Russian Federation, MoscowReferences
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